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Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label inspiration. Show all posts
4.18.2012
Finding Your Happy Place...
With "Max" week coming up very soon...thought this might be a good read for anyone who follows my blog.
1.17.2012
Clear The Mechanism
If you've never seen For Love of the Game with Kevin Costner you are missing out on a great baseball movie. Cos is a pitcher in the big leagues and uses a simple verbal cue to block out the crowd during a game. The cue..."clear the mechanism".
Some call it getting in the "zone". I was fortunate enough to find this type of focus early on in my athletic career, learning how to lift and compete in the weight room in a team environment in high school. I was blessed with a coach who bred us to be true competitors, willing to fiercely compete in any situation. In the weight room, we were always asked to work out of our comfort zone. In order to insure that, we were never able to pick our own lifting groups. Coach grouped us by position, underclassmen with upperclassmen, and any other pairings he thought would create the most competitive atmosphere for growth.
Max out weeks were the best! Lots of hollering and weights clanking and records breaking. Guys getting psyched up for there lifts was normal. Everyone had their own style. When the weight starts to climb and you're trying to gather every last ounce of energy you got to achieve a good lift, you gotta get mentally ready. You gotta be able to block out the non sense going on around you and zero in on the task at hand. You gotta "clear the mechanism"!
Since joining Crossfit, I've been reminded about how much I have missed that camaraderie. I've also been reminded that I'm not in a room with testosterone fueled football players too. Some of the people I workout with don't understand why I feel the need to stomp my feet before I set up under a bar with twice my body weight on it and allow it squash me to the ground as I attempt to stand it back up or why I pace back and forth with a pissed off look on my face before I attempt to pull some heavy a$$ weight 4 feet off the floor and then try to catch it before it lands again. I'm okay with that. They haven't experienced it. They haven't been taught how to unleash their full physical potential. Hopefully, they will learn in time and we can celebrate all their unleashed awesomeness together!
If would like a more academic view on "getting psyched up", Nick Horton, the Iron Samurai, breaks it down for you.
Some call it getting in the "zone". I was fortunate enough to find this type of focus early on in my athletic career, learning how to lift and compete in the weight room in a team environment in high school. I was blessed with a coach who bred us to be true competitors, willing to fiercely compete in any situation. In the weight room, we were always asked to work out of our comfort zone. In order to insure that, we were never able to pick our own lifting groups. Coach grouped us by position, underclassmen with upperclassmen, and any other pairings he thought would create the most competitive atmosphere for growth.
Max out weeks were the best! Lots of hollering and weights clanking and records breaking. Guys getting psyched up for there lifts was normal. Everyone had their own style. When the weight starts to climb and you're trying to gather every last ounce of energy you got to achieve a good lift, you gotta get mentally ready. You gotta be able to block out the non sense going on around you and zero in on the task at hand. You gotta "clear the mechanism"!
Since joining Crossfit, I've been reminded about how much I have missed that camaraderie. I've also been reminded that I'm not in a room with testosterone fueled football players too. Some of the people I workout with don't understand why I feel the need to stomp my feet before I set up under a bar with twice my body weight on it and allow it squash me to the ground as I attempt to stand it back up or why I pace back and forth with a pissed off look on my face before I attempt to pull some heavy a$$ weight 4 feet off the floor and then try to catch it before it lands again. I'm okay with that. They haven't experienced it. They haven't been taught how to unleash their full physical potential. Hopefully, they will learn in time and we can celebrate all their unleashed awesomeness together!
If would like a more academic view on "getting psyched up", Nick Horton, the Iron Samurai, breaks it down for you.
1.01.2012
Let It Begin!!
So New Year is underway!!
It's time to LIFT a little HEAVIER,
MOVE a little FASTER,
and BE SMART about it!
Some inspiration to get the fire going...
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